Boulder's Garmin-Sharp To Compete In USA Pro Cycling Challenge 2012

On Wednesday, Boulder's Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda was announced as a participant in the 2012 USA Pro Cycling Challenge, which will take place in the Rocky Mountains from August 20 through August 26. This is the second straight year in which the USA Pro Challenge has taken place in Colorado, with last year's event attracting over 1 million spectators. This year's course will be 683 miles long and will feature more than 42,000 feet of vertical climbing.

Here is the full list of 16 teams participating in this year's event:

UCI ProTeams

• Astana Pro Team (KAZ)
• BMC Racing Team (USA)
• Garmin-Sharp-Barracuda (USA)
• Liquigas-Cannondale (ITA)
• Omega Pharma-QuickStep (BEL)
• RadioShack-Nissan-Trek (LUX)

UCI Professional Continental Teams

• Champion System Pro Cycling Team (CHN)
• RusVelo (RUS)
• Team SpiderTech powered by C10 (CAN)
• Team Type 1-SANOFI (USA)
• UnitedHealthcare Pro Cycling Team (USA)

UCI Continental Teams

• Bissell Pro Cycling (USA)
• Bontrager Livestrong Team (USA)
• EPM-UNE (COL)
• Optum Pro Cycling p/b Kelly Benefit Strategies (USA)
• Team Exergy (USA)

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